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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 9593

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-07-06Topic: health care

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This bill would change the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it a prohibited act to introduce, or deliver for introduction, food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS into interstate commerce. The bill defines PFAS as a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom. The ban would apply beginning on January 1, 2027.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-06HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2026-07-06Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-07-06Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-14. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.